Global Game Jam Istanbul @ BUG Begins

GGJ Istanbul @ BUG 2014

Global Game Jam, held in the last week of January every year, is the world's largest game development marathon. Launched in 2009 by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), this event was held simultaneously in 63 countries and 321 locations worldwide in 2013. A total of 2,986 games were produced at the event, attended by 14,000 game developers. Open to anyone interested in game making, GGJ is an important source of motivation for offering new experiences in game design and development processes and strengthening collaboration in the game industry. GGJ is not a competition; the aim is to develop a game within 48 hours based on a given theme. Accordingly, the reward for GGJ participants is the game they develop and sharing it with the world. This weekend of collaboration and innovative experiments can also be considered an important career step in many respects.

Founded by Yılmaz Kıymaz from the core team of Game Developers Turkey and supported by Rafet Güven, GGJ Istanbul was first held at Koç University in 2012. In 2013, GGJ Istanbul partnered with the Bahçeşehir University Game Lab (BUG) and took place at Bahçeşehir University Galata Campus. Around 70 developers participated in the 2013 GGJ Istanbul @ BUG event and 19 games were produced.

Setting out with the motto "If you are a game developer or an aspiring one, you can join our event, which will continue sleeplessly for 48 hours, build a team and bring your game idea to life!", GGJ Istanbul will take place this year on 24-26 January at Bahçeşehir University Galata Campus, with the contributions of the 'Turkcell Geleceği Yazanlar' project, once again hosted by BUG. The application deadline is 10 January!

ggj-istanbul.com

Bahçeşehir University Game Lab (BUG)

Founded in 2012 by Assist. Prof. Dr. Güven Çatak as an initiative of the Bahçeşehir University Department of Communication Design, BUG set out to build an educational infrastructure for the field and to bring the community together with the industry. Focusing on computer games and game-based experience design, BUG organizes national and international events for education and R&D purposes and produces socio-cultural projects.

bug.bahcesehir.edu.tr

TURKCELL GELECEĞİ YAZANLAR

Launched with the aim of guiding Türkiye's young population to become mobile software developers and become an active player in the ever-growing mobile software development market worldwide, Geleceği Yazanlar ("Those Who Write the Future") welcomes everyone who is in or wants to be in the field of app development. Geleceği Yazanlar, which offers training, development and mentoring opportunities together, also gives app developers the opportunity to join the Turkcell ecosystem. To join Geleceği Yazanlar, simply visit the websitewww.turkcell.com.tr/gelecegiyazanlar.